[WFS-India] Our differences and possible course of action

[A. Mani]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Satabdi Das <satabdidas at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think whosoever becomes an admin of a group should be aligned with the
> ethos and thoughts of a group. But the earlier discussions showed that you
> and others (disclaimer: including me) have irreconcilable differences in
> ideas and attitudes. By this, I do not mean that everyone in this group has
> to agree on every single point but a debate should give rise to something
> constructive and a member, specially so for an admin, should appreciate
> others' point of views. I would like an admin in this group as  a catalyst
> not an imposer of opinions.
>

I do not see a real conflict, but a difference on how things should be done.
Anyway admins are supposed to operate through some kind of consensus mechanism.
They are not leaders.
I am definitely interested in overseeing the development of consensus
mechanisms in the group.


> I would also like to mention here that you misused your admin power in the
> website to write something in the poster competition event page which shows
> this group in bad light. You might have thought what you wrote is correct
> but many others in this group do not think so. And we need to avoid
> precisely this sort of things.
>

I did not misuse any power.
The text was posted on mailing list first.
There hardly any responses.
So it was added to website.
Debates happened a few days later.


> Your "relentless arguing" on mailing list guidelines or the initial text of
> poster competition are all counter-productive to that aim. Had I been a
> newcomer to this group and totally new to FOSS, I would have surely fled
> away and instead join a group which does something constructive to kindle my
> interest in FOSS.

I was clearly trying to set relatively radical directions for the group.
Now that I am planning a new group, I can operate on the reduced set
of common principles.
Which means the conflicts would be minor ones.

> Keeping in mind this group's interest, I am giving you time till one week to
> step down from the admin post of this group.

I do not see this making sense in the light of the above.



Best

A. Mani


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